LEADER 05669oam 22007335 450 001 9910785968803321 005 20230126205834.0 010 $a1-283-70506-0 010 $a0-8213-9534-3 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-9533-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269682 035 $a(EBL)1048955 035 $a(OCoLC)823236747 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757854 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12353190 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757854 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10759940 035 $a(PQKB)10359334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1048955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1048955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10613048 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL401756 035 $a(OCoLC)813930389 035 $a(The World Bank)17209682 035 $a(US-djbf)17209682 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269682 100 $a20120313d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpowering women : $elegal rights and economic opportunities in Africa /$fby Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Tazeen Hasan 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cWorld Bank,$d2012. 215 $apages cm 225 1 $aAfrica development forum series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-9533-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1: Law, Gender, and the Business Environment; Chapter 2: Women's Legal Rights across the Region; Boxes; O.1 How Do Property Rights Affect Economic Opportunities?; O.2 Stronger Economic Rights, Greater Opportunities for Self-Employed Employers; Figures; BO.2.1 Women Are Active Entrepreneurs, Particularly in Lower-Income Countries, But Largely Self-Employed; BO.2.2 The Share of Female Employers Does Not Vary with National Income 327 $aBO.2.3 The Smaller the Gender Gap in Economic Rights, the Smaller the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurs Who Employ Other WorkersO.1 All Countries Recognize the Principle of Nondiscrimination; O.2 Most Countries Have Ratified International Conventions on Women's Rights; O.3 Some Countries Recognize Customary Law and Allow It to Discriminate against Women; O.4 Head-of-Household Rules Are Common in Both Middle- and Low-Income Countries; O.5 Different Types of Property Regimes Grant Women Very Different Rights to Inherit Marital Property; O.6 Only a Minority of Countries Protect Women's Land Rights 327 $aChapter 3: Legal Pluralism: Multiple Systems, Multiple ChallengesO.7 Many Countries Restrict the Type of Work Women Can Perform and Women's Hours; Chapter 4: Women's Rights in Practice: Constraints to Accessing Justice; Chapter 5: The Way Forward; References; 1 Law, Gender, and the Business Environment; Structure of the Report; 1.1 Defining "Discrimination"; Importance of Economic Rights in Business Incentives; Extent of Legal Protection of Women's Economic Rights; Main Areas of the Law for Women In Business; 1.2 Importance of Property Rights for Economic Opportunity 327 $aB1.2.1 Types of Employment of Men and Women, by World RegionB1.2.2 Percentage of Labor Force That Is Self-Employed and Employs Other Workers, by Gender and Region; Nature of the Legal System; Impact of Rights on Economic Opportunities; 1.3 Women and Land in Ghana: Precarious Rights, Lower Yields; 1.4 Changing the Balance of Intrahousehold Power in the United States; 1.5 Stronger Economic Rights, Greater Opportunities for Self-Employed Employers; B1.5.1 Women Are Active Entrepreneurs, Particularly in Lower-Income Countries, But Largely Self-Employed 327 $aB1.5.2 The Share of Female Employers Does Not Vary with National IncomeB1.5.3 The Smaller the Gender Gap in Economic Rights, the Smaller the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurs Who Employ Other Workers; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 Women's Legal Rights across the Region; The Women-LEED-Africa Database; Scoresheet 1: Ratification of International Treaties and Conventions; 2.1 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; 2.2 The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 327 $a2.1 Most Countries Have Ratified International Conventions on Women's Rights 330 $aThe importance of property rights in providing the incentive to invest, work hard, and innovate has been recognized for centuries. Yet, many women in Africa do not have the same property rights or formal legal capacity enjoyed by men. Empowering Women: Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa documents the extent to which the legal capacity and property rights vary for women and men, and analyzes the impact this has on women's economic opportunities. The book introduces the "Women's Legal Economic Empowerment Database - Africa (Women LEED Africa)." This database covers all 47 countrie 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aWomen$zAfrica$xEconomic conditions 606 $aWomen$zAfrica$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen's rights$zAfrica 606 $aSex discrimination against women$zAfrica 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aSex discrimination against women 676 $a331.4096 700 $aHallward-Driemeier$b Mary$f1966-$01494918 701 $aHasan$b Tazeen$01535556 801 0$bIEN/DLC 801 1$bIEN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785968803321 996 $aEmpowering women$93783867 997 $aUNINA